Rent Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club: Series 2 (1974)
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4h 11min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
The legendary Bernard Manning comperes while fellow stand-up veteran Colin Crompton is 'Mr Chairman' at the 'Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club' - the friendliest working men's club in the North. Amid the boozing, bingo and committee announcements, the show features rising stars and evergreen entertainers, contemporary acts and international superstars - and the occasional musical oddity. For the first time on home-video format, this release presents the complete second series, in which Roy Orbison, P.J. Proby, Marty Wilde. Russ Conway, Matt Monro, dancer and 'UFO' star Peter Gordeno can be found rubbing shoulders with the Amazing Bavarian Stampers and some 'exotic' dancers! Although the 'club' was a humorously authentic studio mock-up. this forgotten treasure of '70's light entertainment programming - building upon the highly successful live-audience format of 'The Comedians' - brought the quickfire comedy, musical variety and convivial atmosphere of a typical Clubland concert night to a national audience. Providing a showcase for several future household names, 'Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club' proved a ratings winner between 1974 and 1977; this second series was first screened in 1974 and the set also includes that year's New Year's Special. - Actors:
- Bernard Manning, Colin Crompton, Karl Denver, George Roper, The Platters, Ronnie Dukes, Rikki Lee, The Vernons, Ray Fell, Elaine Delmar, Paul Daniels, Alvin Stardust, The Settlers, Keeley Ford, Tony Hatch, Johnny More, Steve Sabre, Jackie Trent, Bert Weedon, The Flirtations
- Directors:
- Dave Warwick, John Scholz-Conway
- Producers:
- John Hamp
- Writers:
- Peter Tonkinson
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies
